A whale of a gift

Peggy Stap of Marine Life Studies receives the key Thursday to a new Toyota Sienna van at Victory Toyota in Seaside. As part of the nationwide '100 Cars for Good' campaign conducted through social media, Marine Life Studies, a Monterey-based ocean conservation group, was voted the winning area nonprofit. With Stap are, from left, Jerry Perezchi and Stephanie Marcos of Marine Life Studies and Keith Hernandez and Ketan Bhatia of Victory Toyota.

Stephanie Marcos, right, and Peggy Stap of Marine Life Studies enjoy their new Toyota Sienna minivan at Victory Toyota in Seaside. Above, Stap receives the key to the eight-passenger Sienna, which replaces the organization's 1987 Ford 250 pickup truck. As part of Toyota's nationwide "100 Cars for Good" campaign conducted through social media, Marine Life Studies, a Monterey-based ocean conservation group, was voted the winning area nonprofit. From left are Jerry Perezchi and Stephanie Marcos of Marine Life Studies, Stap and her canine assistant, "Whiskie The Whale Spotter," and Keith Hernandez and Ketan Bhatia from Victory Toyota. To see an updated video of "Whiskie," visit TheCalifornian.com/videos.

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A whale of a gift

Stephanie Marcos, right, and Peggy Stap of Marine Life Studies enjoy their new Toyota Sienna minivan at Victory Toyota in Seaside.